Ep. 335 - St. Albans Sanatorium
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind
Diane Student
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2020
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
St. Albans Sanatorium, in Virginia, started out as a Lutheran Boys School before becoming a psychiatric infirmary. As was the case with so many hospitals for the mentally ill, this one started out with promising expectations that unraveled into crowded conditions and abusive treatments. There were deaths and suicides. There is so much paranormal activity at this location, that many refer to this as one of the most haunted places on the East Coast. Join us, and our listener Whitney Zahar, as we delve into the history and haunts of the St. Albans Sanatorium! The Moment in Oddity was suggested by Mike Streibel and features Oran Asa Pruitt falling out of a plane and into a cemetery and This Month in History features the issuing of The Penny Black Stamp.
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| 0:00.0 | And the History tells the story of the story of the world and of our lives. Sometimes that history goes bump in the night. |
| 0:27.0 | Broadcasting from the center of Oddity and the Supernatural in Central Florida, |
| 0:39.0 | it's the History Goes Bump Podcast. |
| 0:45.0 | Hello, you spook-people people. |
| 0:50.0 | Welcome to this 335 episode of the the History Ghost Bump Podcast. |
| 0:55.0 | Ghost Tours for the Theater of the Mind. |
| 0:56.6 | I am your host Diane. |
| 0:57.9 | And this is Kelly. |
| 0:59.0 | On this episode, Kelly, we are featuring a location |
| 1:02.0 | that was suggested by our listener Whitney |
| 1:04.0 | Zahar who will also be joining us shortly. We've had Whitney join us I don't know |
| 1:08.6 | four or five times now she always is a real help with research. |
| 1:12.0 | Definitely she's fantastic. |
| 1:13.7 | And the really cool thing is she took part in a paranormal investigation of this location |
| 1:18.2 | and she's going to share some of her experiences too. |
| 1:20.9 | I know, how cool is that? |
| 1:22.3 | That's St. Albans Sanatorium. |
| 1:25.0 | So we're going to another one of these big asylum type places. |
| 1:29.0 | But before we get into that, we want to welcome into the sputacular crew, Rose. I think this is Air A-E-R, Rachel who spells |
| 1:37.1 | her name at the end, E-A-L, Lisa, Steve, who's known as Spooky Steve, and he hosts tours in Savannah, |
| 1:45.0 | Alistair Hope, Kathy with the C, Greg with 2G's at the end, |
| 1:50.0 | and then I'm not sure how to say this one either it's R. A. H. Is that Ray or Ra? I'm not sure. |
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